The First Four Generations

The
information contained in the following genealogy must be judged on the evidence
submitted supporting each claim.Any additional information which will add to our knowledge of this
family will be gratefully accepted

Generation
No. 1

1.Elisha2 King, Sr.(Louise1) was born August 3,
1773, and died Abt. August 7, 1855 in Milledgeville, Baldwin County,
Georgia.He married (1) Mary
Abt. 1794.She died Aft.
1796.He married (2) Kesiah
Sanders 1809 in Georgia, daughter of Mark Sanders and Nancy.She was born February 12, 1791, and
died Aft. October 1820.He married
(3) Margaret Hall Abt. 1822.She died Bef. October 26, 1847 in Eatonton, Putnam County, Georgia,
probably1.

His brother was named
Elijah.It is very important to
remember that the names "Elisha" and "Elijah" were often
confused, and all references in newspapers should be viewed with this in mind and
consideration must be given to exactly which brother is referred to.

The January 5, 1819 issue
of "Georgia Journal," page 3, carried the following notice:

EDUCATION - The Trustees of
the Greensboro Academy, have the pleasure of announcing to the public, that the
exercises of this institution, will re-commence on Monday the 6th of January
next.The male Department under
the direction of MR. ELISHA KING, and the Female Department under the direction
of Mrs. ANN C. SCOTT.The
attention of Mr. ARCHIBALD H. SCOTT, will be united with that of Mrs. SCOTT in
the Female Department as far as his health will permit.All the branches of education usually
taught at similar institutions, will be taught in this.The abilities of the Teachers, the
discipline and order preserved in this Academy, united with the local - ?- of
helath, society -?- place it on an equality at -?- with any of the surrounding
Institutions. (Signed) Ebenezer Torrence, Secretary, December 25, 1818

Children of Elisha King and
Mary are:

+2i.Serena3 King, born
Abt. 1795 in Irwinton, Wilkinson County, Georgia; died Bef. March 22, 1853 in
Wilkinson County, Georgia.

3ii.Martha King.She married Nicholas Dixon2
March 7, 1822 in Eatonton, Putnam County, Georgia3; born Abt.
1750 in Edgecombe County, North Carolina; died 1826 in Eatonton, Putnam County,
Georgia.

Notes for Nicholas Dixon:

Nicholas Dixon, born in
Edgecombe County, North Carolina, sold his share as heirto land owned by his father, Thomas
Dixon, to Joseph Barnes of Nash County, NorthCarolina.Nicholas had migrated to Hancock County, Georgia.

Nicholas was Justice of the
Peace in the 375th District in Putnam County, Georgia from 1813 to 1817.Putnam County adjoined Hancock County
Georgia.

Will of Nicholas Dixon,1823

Putnam County, Georgia

I
Nicholas Dixon a citizen of the state and county aforesaid being in commonly
good bodily health and of sound mind and memory but knowing that appointed for
all men once to die, do make and ordain this to be my last will or testament
utterly revoking all other wills of testaments hereto fore made by me.

1st
Item.It is my wish and desire at
my death that my body be buried in a Christian like burial and my soul I?to him who gave it.

Item 2.As to my worldly property which I may die in possession of,
I give and bequeath unto my beloved wife Martha and to her heirs or assigns
forever all property, both real and personal, of every kind and disposition
that I got by her at the time of our inter- marriage.In? last
counting of land, negroes, horses, corn and hogs and household and kitchen
furniture, I also leave with my said beloved wife Martha during her life or
widowhood all that part of the land on which I now live, beginning at Lyons
corner near my fence ? thence nearly and ? to a Spring near the school house
thence down the?to William Farr, Jr. line, including
all of the tract on which I now live, north of said line which will include
mydwelling house and other out
houses, and also I lend unto my beloved wife during her life or widowhood, my
negro boy named Daniel about eighteen years of age.But it is my express will and desire that from the property
I have given unto my beloved wife, Martha, that all the debts that were owed at
the time of our inter-marriage shall be paid and said debts not to be paid from
the part of my estate.

Item
3.All of the balance of the tract
of land on which I now live, after taking off that parcel of land I have given
my wife, Martha, during her life or widowhood, I give and bequeath to be
divided equally between my three sons, Hickman, Thomas, and James, or do as
they think proper as I also give unto my three sons, Hickman, Thomas, and James
whatsoever my beloved wife? on said
land all the balance of the tract in which? lived to be divided by them or sold as they may think
proper.

Item
8.I give and bequeath unto the
legal heirs of my deceased daughter Elizabeth Daniels the sum of five dollars
to be paid by my executors.

Item
9.All the balance of my estate of
any kind or description it is my will and desire should be sold by my executors
which they may?deem most advantageous and after paying
all of my just debts except those that were owing by my wife before our
marriage.

Item
10.I give and bequeath namely,
Joel, Bryant, Hickman, James, and Thomas to be equally divided between them as
soon as such sale and division can take place.

Item
11.I request my son, Bryant Dixon
and Irby (Hurly?) Hudson to be the executors of this my last will and Testament
and I do hereby constitute and appoint them, the said Bryant Dickson and Irby
Hudson to be my executors as aforesaid.In return whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal the 28th day of
March 1823.

Nicholas
Dixon

The within will, Putnam
County, of Nicholas Dixon duly proved by the oath of L. W. Hudson, Andrew Park,
James Whitfield,witnesses to the
same before us 18 October 1826.

Georgia,

Putnam County.

The
within will duly approved in open court and ordered by the court to be recorded
30 November 1826..

Children of Elisha King and
Kesiah Sanders are:

4i.Cyrus C.3 King,
born June 18, 1810.He married
Minerva Palmer

5ii.Sarah Ann King, born February
20, 1812.She married James R.
Perry

6iii.James B. King, born April 10,
1814; died Abt. 1845.

7iv.Martha Ann King, born May 10,
1816.

8v.Mark Sanders King, born
October 28, 1817.

9vi.Mary K. King, born October 9,
1820.

Children of Elisha King and
Margaret Hall are:

10i.Lucinda Louisa3
King, born February 4, 1823.

11ii.William L. King, born April
25, 18254.

12iii.Rebecca King, born June 30,
18274.She
married Robert Hutchings

+13iv.Elisha King, Jr., born
September 6, 1829 in Eatonton, Putnam County, Georgia; died February 6, 1911 in
Eatonton, Putnam County, Georgia and buried Concord United Methodist Church.

14v.Patty Harris King, born
December 19, 1831.

15vi.Lueinen Judson King, born
February 8, 1835.

Generation
No. 2

2.Serena3 King (Elisha2,
Louise1) was born Abt. 1795 in Irwinton, Wilkinson County, Georgia5,6,
and died Bef. March 22, 1853 in Wilkinson County, Georgia7.She married James William Kinney,
Sr. February 23, 1819 in Milledgeville, Baldwin County, Georgia.He was born Abt. 1785 in Irwinton,
Wilkinson County, Georgia8, and died Abt. 1845.

Children of Serena King and
James Kinney are:

16i.Sarah Jane4
Kinney, born October 11, 1819.She
married Benjamin Lewis

+17ii.James William Kinney, Jr.,
born August 15, 1821; died April 19, 1898 in Irwinton, Wilkinson County,
Georgia and buried at Masonic Cemeter, Irwinton.

18iii.George Washington Kinney,
born January 10, 1823; died 1892.He married Martha Scott April 13, 1856.

19iv.John LaFayette Kinney, born
December 2, 1824.He married Sara
Smith April 15, 1850.

20v.Nancy Kinney, born September
10, 1826.She married Robert I.
Daniel September 15, 1853.

21vi.Elijah L. Kinney, born
December 3, 1828; died August 4, 1863 in New Orleans, Louisiana.He married Sara Smith April 14, 1853.

13.Elisha3 King, Jr.
(Elisha2, Louise1)9 was born September
6, 1829 in Eatonton, Putnam County, Georgia10, and died
February 6, 1911 in Eatonton, Putnam County, Georgia and buried Concord United
Methodist Church11.He married Elizabeth Ann Johnston12 July 12,
1849 in Eatonton, Putnam County, Georgia by the Rev. Boring13,
daughter of Thomas Johnston and Mary Gilbert.She was born 1824 in Eatonton, Putnam County, Georgia, and
died February 26, 1901 in Eatonton, Putnam County, Georgia and buried Concord
United Methodist Church14.

The July 31, 1849 issue of
Milledgeville's "Southern Journal" noted the marriage of Elizabeth
and Elisha:

"The world was sad,
the garden was a wild,And man,
the hermit, sigh'd, till woman smiled."

Children of Elisha King and
Elizabeth Johnston are:

22i.Fannie Fletcher4 King,
died June 25, 1871 in Eatonton, Putnam County, Georgia and buried Concord
United Methodist Church15.

23ii.William H. King, born in
Eatonton, Putnam County, Georgia.

+24iii.Mary A. King, born February
25, 1851 in Eatonton, Putnam County, Georgia; died August 23, 1891 in Eatonton,
Putnam County, Georgia and buried Concord United Methodist Church.

+25iv.Campbell T. King, Sr., born
July 26, 1852 in Eatonton, Putnam County, Georgia; died 1938 in Macon, Bibb
County, Georgia.

26v.Sarah Elizabeth King, born
October 3, 1861 in Eatonton, Putnam County, Georgia, baptized August 26, 1870
and joined Concord Methodist Church August 7, 1870; died August 7, 1943 in
Eatonton, Putnam County, Georgia and buried Concord United Methodist Church16.She married Henry R. Pinkerton; born
Abt. 1840 in South Carolina17.

27vi.Cuyler E. King, born August
31, 1865 in Eatonton, Putnam County, Georgia; died May 9, 1940 in Georgia and
buried Concord United Methodist Church18.

+28vii.Minnie Flora King, born
January 7, 1869 in Eatonton, Putnam County, Georgia; died April 10, 1942 in
Eatonton, Putnam County, Georgia and buried Concord United Methodist Church.

+29viii.Annie Tracy King, born
February 5, 1855; died June 10, 1883.

Generation
No. 3

17.James William4 Kinney,
Jr. (Serena3 King, Elisha2, Louise1) was
born August 15, 182118, and died April 19, 1898 in Irwinton,
Wilkinson County, Georgia and buried at Masonic Cemetery, Irwinton18.He married (1) Elizabeth Murphy
March 16, 1843.He
married (2) Epsy Jane Mackey August 10, 1851 in Irwinton, Wilkinson
County, Georgia19, daughter of William Mackey and Sina
McCranie.She was born February
26, 1834 in Georgia20, and died June 24, 1920 in Irwinton,
Wilkinson County, Georgia and buried at Masonic Cemetery, Irwinton20.

Child of James Kinney and
Elizabeth Murphy is:

30i.John LaFayette5
Kinney, born June 21, 1849; died February 7, 1887 in Wilkinson County,
Georgia.He married Lula Stubbs

Children of James Kinney and
Epsy Mackey are:

31i.Narcissus Anne5
Kinney, born March 22, 1853 in Irwinton, Wilkinson County, Georgia20;
died March 18, 1927 in Irwinton, Wilkinson County, Georgia and buried at
Masonic Cemetery, Irwinton20.She married Daniel McCook February 23, 1875 in Irwinton,
Wilkinson County, Georgia21

32ii.Fannie Rebecca Kinney, born
September 13, 185522; died January 20, 1897 in Mt. Nebo,
Wilkinson County, Georgia and buried at Masonic Cemetery, Irwinton22.She married Thomas A. Parker May 1,
1873 in Wilkinson County, Georgia23

33iii.Siney Serena Kinney, born
April 18, 1857.She married Luther
Tarpley

34iv.Sarah Louise Kinney, born
January 25, 1860; died May 5, 1945 in Ft. Valley, Georgia.She married Jack Brown

35v.James Riley Kinney, born
November 26, 1863; died May 5, 1945 at Fort Valley, Georgia.He married Estelle James May 28, 1890.

36vi.Harriet Eulalia Kinney, born
May 9, 1867; died November 23, 1934.She married J. Ed Peavy December 5, 1895 in Georgia.

+37vii.William Oscar Kinney, Sr., born
August 8, 1870 in Irwinton, Wilkinson County, Georgia; died December 27, 1948
in Macon, Bibb County, Georgia and buried at Riverside Cemetery, Macon.

24.Mary A.4 King (Elisha3,
Elisha2, Louise1) was born February 25, 1851 in Eatonton,
Putnam County, Georgia, and died August 23, 1891 in Eatonton, Putnam County,
Georgia and buried Concord United Methodist Church24.She married James Asbury Knight,
M.D., of Eatonton, son of John Knight and Eliza Curry.He was born June 5, 1848, and died May
10, 1906 in Eatonton, Putnam County, Georgia and buried Concord United
Methodist Church24.

Children of Mary King and
James Knight are:

+38i.Thomas Pierce5
Knight, born February 5, 1874 in Eatonton, Putnam County, Georgia; died October
27, 1930 in Eatonton, Putnam County, Georgia and buried Concord United
Methodist Church.

39ii.James Palmer Knight, of
Eatonton.

40iii.James Asbury Knight II25.

25.Campbell T.4 King, Sr.
(Elisha3, Elisha2, Louise1) was born July 26,
1852 in Eatonton, Putnam County, Georgia, and died 1938 in Macon, Bibb County,
Georgia.He married Stella
Odille Hunt Abt. 1884.

His
obituary which appeared in the "Macon (Georgia) Telegraph and
News,"stated that he was
survived by his wife and named his son, Campbell T. King, Jr. of Lynchburg,
Virginia; three daughters Mrs. Ben Dasher of Macon, Mrs. Thad Horton of
Atlanta, Mrs. James P. Hartness of Starkeville, Miss.The article also listed grandchildren:Mrs. Raymond Phelts, North Conway, NH,
Ben Dasher, Jr., Campbell King Dasher, Thad Horton, Jr., Tracey Horton,
Antainette (SP?) King, James Hartness, Jr., and two great grandchildren, Odille
and George Phelts.See The
Descendants of Thomas Jefferson Johnston, Esq. &

28.Minnie Flora4 King
(Elisha3, Elisha2, Louise1)26
was born January 7, 1869 in Eatonton, Putnam County, Georgia27,
and died April 10, 1942 in Eatonton, Putnam County, Georgia and buried Concord
United Methodist Church28.She married William Thomas "Boo" Clopton29
November 15, 1893 in Eatonton, Putnam County, Georgia30, son
of William Clopton and Martha Lancaster.He was born April 25, 1863 in Eatonton, Putnam County, Georgia31,
and died September 6, 1955 in Eatonton, Putnam County, Georgia and buried
Concord United Methodist Church32.

Children of Minnie King and
William Clopton are:

+42i.Lemuel Thomas5
Clopton, of Eatonton, Georgia, born January 25, 1898 in Eatonton, Putnam
County, Georgia; died September 5, 1977 in Decatur, DeKalb County, Georgia and
buried Concord United Methodist Church.

43ii.Walter Johnston Clopton, WW
II, of Eatonton33, born October 1, 1899 in Eatonton, Putnam
County, Georgia34; died April 26, 1980 in Eatonton, Putnam
County, Georgia and buried Concord United Methodist Church35.

+44iii.William King Clopton, of
Eatonton, Georgia, born July 21, 1901 in Eatonton, Putnam County, Georgia; died
December 24, 1990 in Arcadia, Florida and buried Concord United Methodist
Church, Eatonton.

+45iv.James Cuyler Clopton, of
Eatonton, Georgia, born August 30, 1903 in Eatonton, Putnam County, Georgia;
died September 25, 1995 in Macon, Bibb County, Georgia and buried Concord
United Methodist Church.

+46v.Rufus Terrell Clopton, Sr.,
born January 21, 1907 in Eatonton, Putnam County, Georgia; died September 9,
1992 in Warner Robins, Georgia and buried Concord United Methodist Church.

+47vi.Frank Campbell Clopton, of
Eatonton, Georgia.

29.Annie Tracy4 King
(Elisha3, Elisha2, Louise1) was born February
5, 185536, and died June 10, 188336.She married James Willis Callaway
November 21, 1878 in Eatonton, Putnam County, Georgia, by Rev. John W. Knight37.He was born January 12, 185138,
and died June 14, 1920 in Eatonton, Putnam County, Georgia and buried Concord
United Methodist Church39.

Child of Annie King and
James Callaway is:

48i.Tracy King5
Callaway, born September 10, 187940.

Generation
No. 4

37.William Oscar5 Kinney,
Sr. (James William4, Serena3 King, Elisha2,
Louise1) was born August 8, 1870 in Irwinton, Wilkinson County,
Georgia41, and died December 27, 1948 in Macon, Bibb County,
Georgia and buried at Riverside Cemetery, Macon41.He married Clara Virginia Guerry
December 4, 1895 in Macon, Bibb County, Georgia42, daughter
of Dupont Guerry and Fannie Davenport.She was born December 28, 1876 in Americus, Sumpter County, Georgia43,
and died February 11, 1964 in Atlanta, Fulton County, Georgia and buried
Concord United Methodist Church43.

Children of William Kinney
and Clara Guerry are:

49i.Rosa Guerry6
Kinney, born April 30, 1897 in Macon, Bibb County, Georgia; died in Macon, Bibb
County, Georgia and buried at Riverside Cemetery, Macon.

50ii.Dupont Guerry Kinney, born
June 21, 1898 in Macon, Bibb County, Georgia43; died April
26, 1965 in Florida, and buried at the Riverside Cemetery, Macon43.He married Ruth Stewart August 28, 1928
in Georgia.

51iii.William Oscar Kinney, Jr.,
born September 12, 1900 in Macon, Bibb County, Georgia.He married Lillian Birdsey January 5,
1929 in Baltimore, Maryland; born August 3, 1906 in Macon, Bibb County,
Georgia.

52iv.James Davenport Kinney, born
May 7, 1903 in Macon, Bibb County, Georgia43; died May 13,
1903 in Macon, Bibb County, Georgia and buried at Riverside Cemetery, Macon43.

53v.Francis Davenport Kinney,
born August 30, 1904 in Macon, Bibb County, Georgia.He married (1) Mary Middlebrooks December 19, 1923 in Grey,
Jones County, GeorgiaHe married
(2) Eunice Williamgham December 1, 1954 in Barnesville, Georgia.

38.Thomas Pierce5 Knight
(Mary A.4 King, Elisha3, Elisha2, Louise1)
was born February 5, 1874 in Eatonton, Putnam County, Georgia, and died October
27, 1930 in Eatonton, Putnam County, Georgia and buried Concord United Methodist
Church43.He
married Carrie Lucy Holloman, daughter of William Holloman and Lucy
White.She was born June 23, 1876
in Eatonton, Putnam County, Georgia, and died June 26, 1918 in Eatonton, Putnam
County, Georgia and buried Concord United Methodist Church43.

Children of Thomas Knight
and Carrie Holloman are:

56i.Glynn6 Knight,
born December 1904 in Eatonton, Putnam County, Georgia; died February 23, 1970
in Georgia and buried Concord United Methodist Church43.

57ii.James Curry Knight, born
December 14, 1895 in Eatonton, Putnam County, Georgia; died July 10, 1907 in
Georgia and buried Concord United Methodist Church43.

58iii.Dorothy Knight44,
born in Eatonton, Putnam County, Georgia, baptized and joined Concord Methodist
Church in 1926; died in Georgia and buried Concord United Methodist Church45.She married Robert Clinton Smith, Sr.

59iv.James A. Knight, born August
30, 1906 in Eatonton, Putnam County, Georgia, baptized and joined Concord
Methodist Church September 3, 1914; died July 24, 1907 in Georgia and buried
Concord United Methodist Church45.

60v.Mildred Knight, born June 25,
1918 in Jones County, Georgia; died March 20, 1999 in Eatonton, Putnam County,
Georgia and buried Concord United Methodist Church Cemetery46.She married Marshall Lynn McLeroy, Sr.;
born June 23, 1909; died July 30, 1986 in Eatonton, Putnam County,Georgia and buried Concord United
Methodist Church Cemetery47.

42.Lemuel Thomas5 Clopton
(Minnie Flora4 King, Elisha3, Elisha2, Louise1)48
was born January 25, 1898 in Eatonton, Putnam County, Georgia49,
and died September 5, 1977 in Decatur, DeKalb County, Georgia and buried
Concord United Methodist Church50.He married Nell Cowan Gilmer51
December 31, 1917 in Gainesville, Hiawassee, Georgia, by the Rev. William E.
Purcell52, daughter of William Gilmer and Mary Bell.She was born October 9, 1898 in
Gillsville, Georgia53, and died March 30, 1965 in
Jacksonville, Florida and buried Concord United Methodist Church54.

Children of Lemuel Clopton
and Nell Gilmer are:

61i.William Purcell6
Clopton55, born November 27, 1918 in Eatonton, Putnam County,
Georgia, and baptized Concord Methodist Church, September 13, 192856;
died January 23, 1998 in Milledgeville, Baldwin County, Georgia and buried Concord
Methodist Church.He married Peggy
Charlotte Schleucher57 August 25, 1939 in Miami, Dade County,
Florida by Rev. C. Roy Angell58; born May 9, 1919 in Miami,
Dade County, Florida59.

62ii.Minnie Julia Clopton, born
November 4, 1920 in Eatonton, Putnam County, Georgia60; died
March 24, 1924 in Miami, Dade County, Florida and buried Concord United
Methodist Church61.

44.William King5 Clopton
(Minnie Flora4 King, Elisha3, Elisha2, Louise1)62
was born July 21, 1901 in Eatonton, Putnam County, Georgia63,
and died December 24, 1990 in Arcadia, Florida and buried Concord United
Methodist Church, Eatonton64.He married Ada Lucille Knight65
January 26, 1927 in Miami, Dade County, Florida, daughter of Will Knight and
Annie L..She was born September
6, 1902 in Eatonton, Putnam County, Georgia, baptized and joined Concord
Methodist Church September 3, 1914, and died April 13, 1983 in Florida and
buried Concord United Methodist Church, Eatonton66.

45.James Cuyler5 Clopton
(Minnie Flora4 King, Elisha3, Elisha2, Louise1)67
was born August 30, 1903 in Eatonton, Putnam County, Georgia67,
and died September 25, 1995 in Macon, Bibb County, Georgia and buried Concord
United Methodist Church68.He married Petrona Gillian Hawkins69,
daughter of Francis Hawkins and Mollie Key.

Child of James Clopton and
Petrona Hawkins is:

65i.Doris Dean6
Clopton, Ph.D69.She married John Edgar Moody, M.D.

46.Rufus Terrell5 Clopton,
Sr., (Minnie Flora4 King, Elisha3, Elisha2,
Louise1)69 was born January 21, 1907 in Eatonton,
Putnam County, Georgia70, and died September 9, 1992 in Warner
Robins, Georgia and buried Concord United Methodist Church71.He married Martha Alice Bailey
December 21, 1946 in Dublin, Laurens County,Georgia, daughter of Thomas Bailey and Barnie Harrison.She was born September 23, 1924 in
Dublin, Laurens County, Georgia, and died October 8, 1998 in Macon, Bibb
County, Georgia.

1.Milledgeville, Georgia, Southern Recorder,(Courtesy of Leia Katherine Eubanks),
"Georgia, Putnam County:Will
be sold before the Court House door in said county on the first Tuesday in
December, next, between the legal hours of sale, all the property belonging to
the estate of Mrs. Margaret King, late of said county, deceased.Sold for the benefit of the heirs and
creditors of said estate.(Signed)
William P. Farrar, Robert T. C. Tucker, Adm."

12.Putnam County, Georgia, Will Book,
Book B - 1822-1857, Her father's will was written in 1844, before her marriage
and she is referred to as Elizabeth Johnston. It is of some note that her mother would have been about 51
years old when she was born.

25.Concord United Methodist Church
Register,(Courtesy William
Purcell Clopton), It is not clear who this man is the son of James A.
Knight.He was baptized September
3, 1914.He took his vows
September 3, 1914 and was received by The Rev. J. L. Hall.He was removed by Certificate in
1927.His death is noted.

28.Georgia Death Certificate,(From the Clopton Family Archives and
Resource Library), No. 8866, from the Thomas B. Clopton, M.D. Collection,
courtesy Suellen (Clopton) DeLoach Blanton. Tombstone, loc. cit..Also Family Bible.Concord Church's Register of Members
notes her death as April 10, 1942

29.William Thomas Clopton & Minnie
Flora King Holy Bible,(Courtesy Frank Campbell Clopton), The Bible as a whole is in terrible
condition.The cover is plain
cardboard with no embossing.All
of the first pages are missing through a portion of Genesis.Four pages of the Family Register are
intact and in good condition.The
first eight names on the Birth page were entered at the same time by the same
hand.In 1998 the Bible was in the
possession of Frank Campbell Clopton, Eatonton, Putnam County, Georgia.

30.William Thomas Clopton & Minnie
Flora King Holy Bible,(Courtesy Frank Campbell Clopton), Also Marriage License, dated November
13, 1893, signed by ---Adams, Jr, Ordinary.Certification dated November 15, 1893, signed by S. B.
Ledbetter, minister.According to Concord United Methodist Church records, S. B. Ledbetter
was the minister at that church from 1893 until 1896.Special thanks to Pauline S. Carter, Deputy Clerk, Probate
Court of Putnam County, for providing a copy of the marriage certificate, July
30, 1998.

32.Tombstone, loc. cit, On July 2,
1998,the Georgia Department of
Human Resources, prepared a certified notification that a search of the state
death index for the years 1954 through 1956, had located no death
certificate.Concord Church's
Register of Members notes he is deceased.Letter located Clopton Family Archives and Research Library.

35.Tombstone, loc. cit. and social
security death records.Family
Bible gives his death date as April 27

36.Ibid.

37.Georgia Marriage Certificate,
License dated November 20, 1878, but cannot read the name of the Ordinary.Certification dated November 21, 1878,
by J. W. Knight.Special thanks to
Pauline S. Carter, Deputy Clerk, Probate Court of Putnam County, who provided this
document August 4, 1998.

49.Social Security Birth and Death
Records, courtesy of Suellen (Clopton) DeLoach Blanton, 262-03-3620, Also, on
December 14, 1918, Mr. Clopton purchased a life insurance policy with New
England Mutual Life Insurance Company, of Boston, Massachusetts for $1,000.His application gives his date of birth
as January 25, 1898 in Putnam County.He is a "store keeper," and the policy, number 359307, named
his wife "Mrs. Nell Gilmer Clopton," as the beneficiary.His premium payment is $29.40.He cases in the policy October 6,
1965.A copy of this policy is
located in the Clopton Family Archives, courtesy William Purcell Clopton.

55.Concord United Methodist Church
Register,(Courtesy William
Purcell Clopton), Records he was Baptized 9-13-1928, received by Rev. W. B.
Hughes, removed by certificate.

56.Georgia Birth Certificate, No.
23982.Mr. Clopton did not have a
birth certificate because Georgia did not begin issuing them until 1919.His application to register his birth
was accepted May 23, 1941., The reason cited to register his birth was "to
establish citizenship."

61.William Thomas Clopton & Minnie
Flora King Holy Bible,(From the
Clopton Family Archives and Research Library, courtesy Frank Campbell
Clopton).Tombstone, loc.cit.
Death Certificate Number 3325, does not list cause of death, Office of Vital
Statistics, Florida., gives birth date as November 4, 1920, and death as March
24, 1924.Copy located Clopton
Family Archives, Courtesy Suellen (Clopton) DeLoach Blanton.

64.Tombstone, loc. cit, His tombstone has
the incorrect date, July 21, 1909.The Social Security Death records state date of death December 24, 1990
in Florida.261-01-3048.

65.Concord United Methodist Church
Register,(Courtesy William
Purcell Clopton), She is entered as Ada L. Knight.It is noted she married Clopton and was Baptized September
3, 1914.She took her vow August
13, 1925 and is received by The Rev. J. L. Hall.Her death is noted.

[1]The
Descendants of Elisha King, Sr., & His Wives Mary, Kesiah Sanders, &
Margaret Sanders, The First Four Generations, is an excerpt from The Clopton Chronicles, the Ancestors and
Descendants of Sir Thomas Clopton, Knight & Dame Katherine Mylde, and
isthe property of the Clopton Family
Genealogical Society which holds the copyright on this material.Permission is granted to quote or
reprint articles for noncommercial use provided credit is given to the CFGS.Prior written permission must be
obtained from the Society for commercial use.

William Purcell Clopton is a direct descendant of this line.

James Penick Marshall, Jr., is the President, Eatonton-Putnam County
Historical Society.

Suellen (Clopton) DeLoach Blanton, Founder and Executive Director of The
Clopton Family Genealogical Society & Clopton Family Archives, is a direct
descendant of this line.